The day’s first run, in the Yankees’ 2-1 loss in Game 1, scored on a passed ball. Yankees starter and loser Jaime Garcia absolved catcher Gary Sanchez, though the lefty put the pitch where he wanted it.

“That was kind of where I wanted to throw it but my stuff sometimes moves. I don’t even know when it moves,” Garcia said before the Yankees suffered a sweep with a 9-4 loss in Game 2. “That was the pitch I wanted to throw. All I know is if I was a catcher I wouldn’t want to catch me.”

“I tried to catch it. I dropped it,” Sanchez said through an interpreter. “It’s something I need to forget about and focus on the games coming up.”

Sanchez’s defense previously came under fire from Joe Girardi, who recently acknowledged improvement. But this one was baffling.

“I can’t tell you why. Those are things that we continue to work on with him,” Girardi said. “It probably led to another run for them and we lose a very tight ballgame in the first game. It’s unfortunate.”